Archive for July, 2008
Bendi Cart Race
By: mizan on July 30th, 2008.
Kucingan
By: mizan on July 6th, 2008.
Location: Pemuda street, Semarang
This is a nasi kucing ( literally means “rice for cat”) vendor’s cart. Nasi kucing is rice and toppings wrapped in a paper. It is so-called since the portion of the rice served is as much as a one given for a cat (it is worth noting that many people feed their cats rice and fish here). You can buy many kinds of food, and the best thing is that the prices are very cheap (around Rp 1000 – 2000). Despite the tiny portion, nasi kucing helps you enough to prevent emergency hunger. The place in which you can hang out and enjoy your nasi kucing is usually called kucingan. Kucingan is one of the cheapest and most comfortable place to mingle and discuss any subjects with other people.
Thousand Arms Dance
By: Ahmed on July 3rd, 2008.
Location : Cheng Ho’s (Zheng He) ship replica, Gang Lombok, Semarang
Thousand Arms Dance is a famous Asian dance. The graceful, dynamic movement of the dancers makes the dance look very beautiful. Instead of a thousand, actually there were only 36 arms of 18 dancers. This dance was an opening performance of the Ketoprak Putri Cina show last May 24, 2008. The show was held to commemorate 100 years of the Indonesian National Awakening.
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Pasar Kambing
By: mizan on July 2nd, 2008.
This road junction that is located between MT Haryono street, Tentara Pelajar street, and dr Wahidin street is widely known as Pasar Kambing (Goat Market). This may seem too small for a market, but that is the center of goat traders in Semarang. It is somewhat ironic since they occupy a part of the sidewalk, a place that is supposed to be used for pedestrians.
